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Steve West
UK 07 859 294 188
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Mandy West
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We've redesigned and reprinted both of our Outrigger Canoeing Books, and in doing so, we've achieved reduced book prices for paddlers in the USA, Canada, Europe, South America, Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia including New Zealand. In addition, we've taken a firm environmental stand in the way we have choosen to print and package. 

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"Steve is a fantastic writer and photographer and has been an extension of the KIALOA family for many, many years. Actively involved in SUP and Outrigger Canoeing, we welcome him as an ambassador for KIALOA in the UK." Meg Chun. Kialoa Bend Oregon USA  

"In the context of paddling, KIALOA PADDLES have been a constant companion and essential tool of trade for me for well over a decade, representing thousands of hours and miles of paddling, racing and training throughout the Pacific, Pacific Rim and now the UK. The superlative workmanship and willingness to work with paddlers in the same way a surfer works with a shaper, has resulted in what I consider to be the finest outrigger and stand up paddleboard paddles on the planet, to which end other manufacturers aspire to as their yardstick for excellence. A paddle is not an accessory, it's an essential and should never be a compromise"

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Island Paddler
We provide the widest selection of outrigger canoe paddling equipment at the best prices. We take pride in offering genuine Hawaiian and Polynesian items – unique and of limited supply. We also have the latest in contemporary canoe paddles as well as related apparel.
716 Kapahula Av, Honolulu, Oahu
350 Hahani St, Kailua, Oahu
  
Tri Paddle Maui
Providing the paddling community of Maui with the best and latest for their paddling needs. "We can outfit you from head to okole"
92 North Market Street Wailuku Maui


'...deep reading that a sequence of printed pages promotes is valuable not just for the knowledge we acquire from the author's words but for the more intellectual vibrations those words set off within our own minds. In the quiet spaces opened up by the sustained, undistracted reading of a book, or by any other act of contemplation, for that matter, we make our own associations, draw our own inferences and analogies, foster our own ideas.'
Nicholas Carr




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  • OC2 Clinic Hayling Island April 2010

    OC2 Clinic Hayling Island April 2010

    OC2 Clinic with members of the Royal Canoe Club London, Adam Stiling and paddling partner Ronan, training for a race in Italy in May 2010.
     
  • Royal CC Clinic Teddington London

    Royal CC Clinic Teddington London

    Sue Hornby, British Canoe Union Development Officer, invited me to hold a master class for some of the Royal Canoe Clubs Members (April 2010) the oldest Canoe Club in the world, established 1866. Outrigger canoeing introduced in the mid 70s. The club has entered crews in the Molokai Hoe and a variety of other overseas events.
     
  • BSUPA Nationals

    BSUPA Nationals 

    Held from Watergate Beach, Newquay - Cornwall, the 2009 6km distance race began with a 150m sprint down the beach then a punch out through a 3-5' closed out shore break...making for interesting spectating and the toughest part of the race.
     
  • Rainbow Beach Fiji

    Rainbow Beach Fiji

    Fijian hideaway for sale. Ideal to transform into an eco-tourism sanctuary and a base for ocean water sports.
     
  • Marlin Coast Challenge 2008

    Marlin Coast Challenge 2008

    Tropical Queensland's newest beach change over relay race from Ellis Beach to Port Douglas, blessed with 25knot winds, 60 paddlers took on the fantastic down-wind conditions. See story in Events section. Photos by Mandy West.
     
  • Our Wedding

    Our Wedding

    July 14th 2007, Mandy Kirby / Steve West married at home in Mooloolaba. Chris Maynard acted as the 'Best Man' and Amanda Ozolins' Maid of Honor', Sue Sheard photography.
     
  • ManaV6 Fiji. Herb Kane's 'Takia' gets a make-over.

    ManaV6 Fiji. Herb Kane's 'Takia' gets a make-over.

    The Mana V.6 - SPG 07 Edition was put through trials on Saturday 12 May, 2007. The original hull (Takia V.6) was designed by artist-historian and author, Herb Kawainui Kane (elected Living Treasure of Hawaii, 1984) who based the design on his research into traditional Fijian & South Pacific canoe design.
     
  • Fiji Dreaming

    Fiji Dreaming

    Paddling the cobalt blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, the lads from Kai Wai Canoe Club, Suva, Fiji, decide to do a 'paddle-back; from Leleuvia Island [www.leleuvia.com] a distance of 84km on the nose most of the way, taking over 8 hours with 1 stop to fix zips on the covers.
     
  • Travis Grant / Mike Murray Moloka`i Relay 2006

    Travis Grant / Mike Murray Moloka`i Relay 2006 

    In 2006 Australian paddlers Travis Grant and Mike Murray, two of Australia's finest, stumbled upon professional photographer 'Bob Coello' [http://www.artofwomen.com] who happened to be following the race in his inflatable.These are the photos which resulted.
     
  • Aussie Women 2003 Va`ahine Race Tahiti

    Aussie Women 2003 Va`ahine Race Tahiti

    In 2003, a crew composed predominenty of Aussie women travelled to Tahiti and the island of Raitea to participate in the women's leg of the Hawaiki Nui Va`a race, a 42km change race which leaves and returns from the island of Raitea.
     
  • Retro Hamilton Cup

    Retro Hamilton Cup

    The beginnings of outrigger canoeing in Australia in 1978 up to the first ever Hamilton Island race, billed 'The Queensland Outrigger Titles' in which Walter Guild and Hank Lass attended. In 1984 the first official Hamilton Cup race was run.
     
  • Jaws

    Jaws

    In November of 2002, I was on the island of Maui to photograph Brian Mulvaney's wedding. As it turned out, the swells rolled in and we rolled out for a photo session at the infamous 'Jaws' break. Over the next few days the wave face grew to some 50'; we are there at the modest end of the scale, maybe at 20'.